Lincolnshire Police
- Date 20 August 2018
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant has requested information relating to a recently introduced policy requiring applicants for new and renewed shotgun certificates to provide medical information from their doctors. Lincolnshire Police provided a response to the complainant’s request, however, this was provided outside of the statutory time limit of 20 working days. The Commissioner’s decision is that Lincolnshire Police has breached section 1(1) and section 10(1) of the FOIA. As the requested information has now been provided, the Commissioner does not require Lincolnshire Police to take any further steps.